Deck 5: Italian Organized Crime and the Albanian Connection

Question 1

Members of the Mafia refer to the organization as _____________?

A) Omertá
B) Vendetta
C) Cosa Nostra
D) Capo di Famiglia

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which historical figure's rise had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime?

A) Stalin
B) Hitler
C) Pope John IX
D) Mussolini

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following rules a collection of some of the most ruthless Camorra clans in Naples?

A) a priest
B) a Mafioso
C) a woman
D) the mayor of the city

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The New Mafia is divided into about how many cosche?

A) 18
B) 180
C) 1800
D) 18,000

Question 5

According to Barzini, which level of organization within the Mafia consists of a group of several families who come together to form a cosca?

A) The first level
B) The second level
C) The third level
D) The fourth level

Question 6

To a mafioso, rispetto is:

A) a demonstration of affection
B) a show of good manners
C) an acknowledgement of power
D) a representation of protection

Question 7

he principal industry of the Neapolitan Camorra was:

A) kidnapping
B) burglary
C) extortion
D) international arms smuggling

Question 8

At the end of World War II, which group emerged?

A) The Outfit
B) The Firm
C) The Nuovo Mafia
D) The Mezzogiorno

Question 9

The southern Italians developed an ideal of:

A) manliness
B) omertá
C) vendetta
D) all of these

Question 10

To the Camorra, which of the following is crucial?

A) omertà
B) secrecy
C) territorial control
D) religious ideology

Question 11

What does the word cosca refer to?

A) the globe's heart
B) friends of friends
C) a broker
D) the leaves of an artichoke

Question 12

During the postwar era, many Sicilian Mafiosi were forced into "internal exile" to live in which of the following cities?

A) Naples
B) Rome
C) Florence
D) Venice

Question 13

he New Mafia has a membership in excess of how many members?

A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 15,000
D) 20,000

Question 14

Which of the following has become a primary alternative to traditional Balkan smuggling routes through the former Yugoslavia?

A) The Mezzogiorno
B) The Puglia (Apulia) region at the heel of the Italian boot
C) Albania
D) Sicily

Question 15

An estimated three-quarters of what product sold in Naples originate in the black market?

A) cigarettes
B) guns
C) blue jeans
D) gasoline

Question 16

Every Mafioso demands what?

A) Extortion money
B) Rispetto
C) Capomafioso
D) Blood money

Question 17

What does the term camorra mean?

A) "honorable thieves" b "contestation"
C) "secret"
D) "brotherhood"

Question 18

In Sicily, at least how many people are directly tied to the Mafia?

A) 500,000
B) 1 million
C) 2 million
D) 3 million

Question 19

Which one of the following statements is false?

A) Mafia is a state of mind.
B) Mafia is a secret criminal organization.
C) The mafia originated in Sicily.
D) Mafia is a way of life.

Question 20

To which crimes did the Cosa Nostra resort to accumulate the capital necessary to be a player in the heroin and cocaine marketplaces?

A) Extortion and smuggling
B) Murder hits and money laundering
C) Robbery and kidnapping
D) Prostitution and gambling

Question 21

The cosca's rigid organization makes it an inflexible bureaucracy.

Question 22

Excesses at home, a vigorous government response, and the increasing number of informers have weakened the Mafia.

Question 23

While burglary and other remunerative felonies were not neglected, extortion was the Camorra's principal industry.

Question 24

Which of the following means protection against the arrogance of the powerful, remedy to any damage, sturdiness of body, strength and serenity of spirit, and the best and most exquisite part of life?

A) Omertá
B) Mafia
C) Cosa Nostra
D) Capo di Famiglia

Question 25

The 'Ndrangheta exhibits its criminal skills in all but which of the following?

A) kidnapping
B) vast-scale international arms trafficking
C) extortion
D) all of these

Question 26

Who did Mussolini send to take down the Mafia?

A) Luiana Leggio
B) Prefect Cesare Mori
C) Vito Genovese
D) Giuseppe Garibaldi

Question 27

The New Mafia has a membership in excess of five thousand.

Question 28

Which of the following was the last of the old-style capomafiosi?

A) Don Calò
B) Luiana Leggio
C) Vito Genovese
D) Giuseppe Garibaldi

Question 29

Members of the 'Ndrangheta must do what to be admitted?

A) cut off a finger
B) tattoo most of their bodies
C) take a blood oath
D) commit five murders

Question 30

As a result of the assassinations of government officials, the New Mafia has gained the support of important elements of Italian society.

Question 31

______________ is a Sicilian-Arabic term meaning to protect and to act as guardian.

Question 32

In 1860, Italy was freed of foreign rule and united by:

A) Giuseppe Garibaldi
B) Luciana Leggio
C) Salvatore Riina
D) Vito Genovese

Question 33

______________rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.

Question 34

_______ are very violent; their major source of income derives from trafficking in economic migrants, women, children, drugs, contraband, weapons, and automobiles.

A) Italian Crime Groups
B) Mexican Crime Groups
C) Albanian Crime Groups
D) American Crime Groups

Question 35

Mussolini's rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.

Question 36

A collection of some of the most ruthless Camorra clans in Naples is ruled by a woman.

Question 37

Salvatore Riina is known by what name?

A) "the Policeman"
B) "the Butcher"
C) "the Bull"
D) "the Beast"

Question 38

The Mafia has little voting strength in Sicily.

Question 39

The end of World War II brought a Mafia renaissance in the United States as a vacuum in local leadership was filled by former capomafiosi.

Question 40

Which of the following is not a type of criminal organization in Italy?

A) The Mafia
B) The 'Ndrangheta
C) The Neapolitan Camorra
D) The Outfit

Question 41

The members of the 'Ndrangheta are governed by the concept of _____________.

Question 42

What is the organizational structure of the 'Ndrangheta?

Question 43

What is the Albanian connection to Italian organized crime?

Question 44

hy do Albanian transnational organized crime groups prefer to reside in Albania, when they could live in Italy or elsewhere around the world?

Question 45

The Mezzogiornio was dependent on _______________ and had a legacy of political, social, and economic repression and exploitation.

Question 46

hat is omertá? Define the term's meaning in southern Italy region of Mezzogiorno and briefly tell its implications for men in that region.

Question 47

How has the Nuovo Mafia contributed to the decline of the Mafia in Sicily?

Question 48

Explain the following statement: Mafia is a state of mind, a way of life - not a secret criminal organization.

Question 49

Discuss why Mussolini's rise to power in the 1920s had important implications for the Mafia and Italian-American organized crime.

Question 50

___________ play important roles in business operations in the Sacra Corona Unita.

Question 51

The New Mafia is also known as ______________.

Question 52

The Nuovo Mafia emerged after ______________.

Question 53

Discuss two or three differences between the Nuovo Mafia and the "Old Mafia."

Question 54

hat is a famiglia in the culture of the Mezzogiorno? Who are the members of a famiglia?

Question 55

The New Mafia continues the ______________ which is the collection of protection money from large and small businesses.

Question 56

Discuss the relationship between politics and the Mafia in Sicily.

Question 57

The ___________ was deliberately structured as a criminal society.

Question 58

The traditional Mafia pursued ________________, not wealth.